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  • STEP promotion surprises defender

    April Fool’s Day came with a pleasant surprise this year for Tech. Sgt. Richard Bates, 47th Security Forces Squadron flight chief. Bates was selected by Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander, for promotion to Technical Sergeant under the Stripes for Exceptional Performers (STEP)

  • STEP promotion surprises defender

    April Fool’s Day came with a pleasant surprise this year for Tech. Sgt. Richard Bates, 47th Security Forces Squadron flight chief. Bates was selected by Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander, for promotion to Technical Sergeant under the Stripes for Exceptional Performers (STEP)

  • AETC First Faces, SSgt Luiza Pereira

    Staff Sgt. Luiza Pereira, a surgical technologist from the 81st Medical Surgical Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., talks about her family, hard work and her journey to the United States and the Air Force."First Faces" began several years ago with chaplains from throughout AETC nominating

  • Airmen’s Week: Changing the culture of Airmen

    After the completion of Basic Military Training, but before Airmen depart for their various technical training locations, lies a relatively new, yet crucial program geared toward the betterment of the Air Force: Airmen’s Week. Airmen’s Week is a 31-hour, values-based course with a mission to

  • First Assignment Instructor Pilots visit McConnell

    Nineteen First Assignment Instructor Pilots visited McConnell Air Force Base, April 2.The FAIPs, currently stationed at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, as T-1 Jayhawk instructor pilots, made the trip to get a closer look at the KC-135 Stratotanker and learn about the base mission before they

  • 44th Annual Freedom Flyer Reunion honors sacrifice of POWs/MIAs

    Members of the 560th Flying Training Squadron hosted the 44th annual Freedom Flyer Reunion and 20th annual POW/MIA Symposium March 30-31 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.The event honors all prisoners of war and missing in action service members from the Vietnam War and included a

  • Keesler MDG Airmen perform first robotic surgery in AF

    Members of the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron performed the Air Force’s first robotic surgery at the Keesler Medical Center here March 28. Maj. Lauren Buck, 81st MSGS general surgeon, and her surgical team performed a robotic ventral hernia repair. Buck has experience with the da Vinci Si

  • New commander takes reins at 19th AF

    Wing commanders from across the Air Education and Training Command welcomed the new 19th Air Force commander during a change of command ceremony here March 28.Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Doherty received the guidon for 19th Air Force from Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker as Lt. Gen. Darryl L. Roberson, AETC

  • AETC names top performers for 2016

    Air Education and Training Command senior leaders recently recognized nine Airmen as the command’s best for 2016. The awards distinguish AETC’s enlisted Airmen for their leadership, job performance, community involvement and personal achievements. "America's Air Force is an extraordinary blend of